# 琶

| 琶 | U+7436, &#29750; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7436 |
| ← 琵 [U+7435] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 琷 → [U+7437] |

## Translingual
### Han character

琶 (Kangxi radical 96, 玉+8, 12 strokes, cangjie input 一土日山 (MGAU), four-corner 1171$_7$, composition ⿱玨巴)

#### Derived characters

* 潖, 𣚒, 𧑡

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 736, character 2
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 21081
* Dae Jaweon: page 1147, character 10
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1119, character 8
* Unihan data for U+7436

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 巴 | *praː |
| 芭 | *praː |
| 笆 | *praː, *braːʔ |
| 豝 | *praː |
| 鈀 | *praː, *pʰraː |
| 吧 | *praː, *pʰraː |
| 蚆 | *praː, *pʰraː |
| 疤 | *praː |
| 把 | *praːʔ |
| 爸 | *praːs, *baʔ |
| 弝 | *praːs |
| 靶 | *praːs |
| 葩 | *pʰraː |
| 舥 | *pʰraː |
| 妑 | *pʰraː |
| 帊 | *pʰraːs |
| 琶 | *braː |
| 爬 | *braː |
| 杷 | *braː, *braːs, *braːs |
| 跁 | *braːʔ, *braːs |
| 耙 | *braːs |

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): pá (pa$^2$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄆㄚˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): paa$^4$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): pê / pêe
    (Teochew, Peng'im): bê$^5$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: pá
*** Zhuyin: ㄆㄚˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: pá
*** Wade–Giles: pʻa$^2$
*** Yale: pá
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: par
*** Palladius: па (pa)
*** Sinological IPA : /pʰä³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: paa$^4$
*** Yale: pàh
*** Cantonese Pinyin: paa$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: pa$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /pʰaː²¹/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pê
*** Tâi-lô: pê
*** Phofsit Daibuun: pee
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /pe²³/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /pe¹³/
*** IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei): /pe²⁴/
** (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pêe
*** Tâi-lô: pêe
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /pɛ¹³/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: bê$^5$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: pê
*** Sinological IPA : /pe⁵⁵/
* Middle Chinese: bae
Rime :
| Character | 琶 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 並 (3) |
| Final (韻) | 麻 (98) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | II |
| Fanqie | 蒲巴切 |
| Baxter | bae |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /bˠa/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /bᵚa/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ba/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /baɨ/ |
| Li Rong | /ba/ |
| Wang Li | /ba/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /bʱa/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | pá |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | paa$^4$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*braː/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 琶 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 116 |
| Phonetic component | 巴 |
| Rime group | 魚 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 爬 |
| Old Chinese | /*braː/ |
| Notes | 釋名作枇杷 |

### Definitions

琶
* Only used in 琵琶.
* a kind of method of playing pipa

#### Compounds

* 反彈琵琶 / 反弹琵琶
* 彈琵琶 / 弹琵琶
* 琶洲塔
* 琵琶 (pípá)
* 琵琶別抱 / 琵琶别抱 (pípábiébào)
* 琵琶湖 (Pípáhú)
* 琵琶舊語 / 琵琶旧语
* 琵琶蟲 / 琵琶虫 (pípáchóng)
* 琵琶行
* 琵琶襟
* 琵琶記 / 琵琶记
* 琵琶調 / 琵琶调
* 琵琶譜 / 琵琶谱
* 琵琶錄 / 琵琶录
* 琵琶骨 (pípagǔ)
* 琵琶魚 / 琵琶鱼 (pípáyú)
* 琵琶鮫 / 琵琶鲛
* 琶音 (páyīn)

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Jinmeiyō kanji)
* Lute

#### Readings

* Go-on: べ (be)
* Kan-on: は (ha)

#### Compounds

* 琵琶(びわ) (biwa): biwa
* 琵琶湖(びわこ) (Biwako): Lake Biwa

## Korean
### Hanja

琶 • (pa) (hangeul 파, revised pa, McCune–Reischauer p'a, Yale pha)
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## Vietnamese
### Chữ Hán

琶: Hán Việt readings: túc
琶: Nôm readings: ngọc
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